Our remit is global and our interests correspondingly wide. The below are indicative rather than fully comprehensive questions of relevance for our work and are arranged into ten overlapping categories.
The dynamic nature of world events and diplomatic work around them mean that we often need research based insights to help anticipate, shape, manage and benefit from unfolding developments and possible futures. The synthesised expertise of researchers can help us make judgements in a policy environment where experimental trials and replicable results are often impossible or inappropriate.
Because time can be of the essence we value emerging results and insights shared via updates, short events, websites and similar, in advance of peer reviewed articles.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
Debates around U.S. foreign relations are once again at the forefront of contemporary discussions about international affairs and the global system. The dramatic international challenges that have confronted the United S...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham
The project partially answers the question by analyzing the role of soft power efforts, public diplomacy, and international aid in the geopolitical contest between larger powers. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.
This research network heightens academic attention to an aspect of international politics that has achieved prominence in recent years. With President Obama's promotion of international respect and soft power, the norms,...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project partially answers the question by exploring the norms, discourses, and practices of diplomacy, including public diplomacy and non-state actors. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.
Ireland and the UK share a complex and contested history. For nearly 50 years their bilateral relationship was embedded within a larger European project of political and economic integration which contributed substantial...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science
The project partially answers the question by examining the foreign policy, security, and defense relationships between the UK and Ireland post-Brexit. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.